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MHD flow and heat transfer in a thin liquid film on an unsteady stretching sheet by the homotopy analysis method
Author(s) -
Noor N. F. M.,
Abdulaziz O.,
Hashim I.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.2078
Subject(s) - homotopy analysis method , magnetohydrodynamics , heat transfer , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , series (stratigraphy) , homotopy , surface (topology) , numerical analysis , mathematics , thermodynamics , materials science , physics , mathematical analysis , geometry , magnetic field , geology , paleontology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The magnetohydrodynamics flow and heat transfer in a thin liquid film over an unsteady elastic stretching surface are analyzed by the homotopy analysis method. A more general surface temperature is taken into consideration. The effects of various parameters in this study are discussed and presented graphically. The good agreement between the analytic series solutions and the previous numerical results shows the effectiveness of HAM to this problem. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.